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This year my AB went to...

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:10 pm
by Skippy
ISTANBUL

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Those are - the Blue Mosque / the beautiful Aya Sophia view from our hotel appartment / the AB in it's natural enviroment / me getting a bit wasted! :P

Last time I checked the board, I don't think anyone else had been there, so Steve that should be another pin in your world map of AB adventure 8)

I'll do a full travel report in the Scrapbook forum in the hopefully near future :)

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:35 pm
by mark seven
Great pics skippy! 8) ,Istanbul looks like a beautiful city and the perfect backdrop for an AB-wonderful stuff!

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 8:04 pm
by WConly
mark seven wrote:Great pics skippy! 8) ,Istanbul looks like a beautiful city and the perfect backdrop for an AB-wonderful stuff!
Love the pipe :shock: !!!! Good stuff! Thanks! W>

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:54 am
by Harrison_Davies
Wonderful pics...it sure looks beuatiful.

A little tip...the second pic, we can't see your face...might be handy to use infill flash to highlight your face.

I always use flash outdoors for portrait shots.

Regards,

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:10 am
by rick5150
Harrison_Davies wrote:A little tip...the second pic, we can't see your face...might be handy to use infill flash to highlight your face.
I would kill to be able to have my face in the shadows of all my pictures :shock:

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:15 am
by VP
There's always Photoshop and the Dodge and Burn tools.... 8)

Nice pics Skippy, looking forward to the other pics. :tup:

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:21 am
by Canyon
Skippy, Turkey is one of the places I really want to visit one day. :wink: Kudos!

I love the photos and I can really picture Indy in a place like that. :D :P

Did you have fun smoking the hookah? :twisted:

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:45 am
by binkmeisterRick
Istanbul, not Constantinople? I have a date in Constantinople... :wink:

Great pics! What did you smoke in your hookah? While in Lebanon, I had some great smoked apple to puff on...

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:57 am
by agent5
Looks awesome, especially the pipe. I'd love to go to Istambul.

Don't forget to post in the General Gear section about the trip your close enough shirt and MK-VII bag made to Istambul as well. Don't neglect the rest of your gear!

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:59 am
by VP
...says the guy who doesn't have an AB. :P

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:14 am
by agent5
That's right. :tup:

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:11 pm
by Ken
Skippy

Great to see the photos. Gear is looking good and so is the locale.

Was good catching up with you on the phone recently - thanks again!

Ken :)

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:10 pm
by Fedora
Don't forget to post in the General Gear section about the trip your close enough shirt and MK-VII bag made to Istambul as well. Don't neglect the rest of your gear!
:lol: He has pictured the most important part of his gear-his fedora!!! :lol: Face it, if Indy could only take two pieces of gear, one would be his pants, and the next his hat. :D Or if he was going into danger, his hat and his pistol, in that order. :wink:

Great pics Skippy! Thanks for the show and tell. :tup: Fedora

Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:41 pm
by golpeo_rapidamente
i dont know which is cooler
hat or city?
sam

Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:58 pm
by Skippy
Thanks for the nice comments :D

Have to say, if you could fall in love with a building, Sophia is the one *sigh* I have some video of her at night with the Call to Prayer going on 8) I will try & work out how to post it :?

It's not too clear in that picture, but infront of the mosque there was an archeological dig going on, as the Four Seasons hotel is expanding, which unfortunately also means that particular view from the appartment will not exsist too much longer :cry:

& I was smoking Cherry tobacco, which didn't taste much of it (must remember to go for Water Melon or Apple in the future!). I don't smoke at all, but indulge in the waterpipe 2 or 3 times a year at a couple of our favourite Arabic/Egyptian resturants in London :P

Here is another teaser pic until I get back from a work trip & can get the Scrapbook post up. Could also be a capton contest pic :wink:

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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:46 pm
by Kaleponi Craig
Great pics, Skippy. Looks like a beautiful place...KC

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:45 am
by VP
Aww, cute cat. :)

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:25 am
by binkmeisterRick
Skippy wrote:
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"Jock! There's a cute cuddly kitten in the plane!"

"Oh, that's just my pet kitty Reggie!"

"I hate cute cuddly kittens, Jock! I hate 'em!"

"Oh, show some backbone, will ya?"

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:28 am
by Scandinavia Jones
Beautiful pics, Skippy! The Hagia Sophia is indeed a beauty... it was something of a favourite when I studied Byzanthine art and architecture. Did you go inside?

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:06 pm
by Skippy
Well the little fella just marched straight up to me, on to me & tried to get INTO my MKVII :shock:

Yes, we went in Tom, so I have some very good pics of the fabulous mosaics to share later :)

Thought about that Tone. A nice Panama hat would have been cooler in the climate too 8)

Right, off to Prague now. Unfortunately no Indy Gear on this trip, as it's all business :( See you all when I get back :D

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 4:43 pm
by Swindiana
Well, 'now that the cat is out of the bag'... 8)

Great shots! ;)

Regards,
Swindiana

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:12 pm
by Michaelson
groan.... #-o

Regards! Michaelson

Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 10:42 pm
by J_Weaver
D'oh... :lol:

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:26 am
by Swindiana
*Ding* Only five more groans to fill my score card this year. I'm good at this. 8)

Regards,
Swindiana

Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:09 am
by Michaelson
That was almost worth two...not quite...but almost. :lol: :wink:

Regards! Michaelson